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Greening the Desert Internship 2012 – Greener than Ever

January 15, 2013 By Salah Hammad 7 Comments

Our one month long internship at the Greening the Desert Project (the 'Sequel site') just ended. Ten students arriving from seven different countries were part of the first internship to take place at the project site in the Dead Sea Valley in Jordan. This will be a journey through pictures on what Geoff, Nadia, the interns and the WWOOFers were up to. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Project Update Tagged With: Aid Projects, Community Projects, Compost, Courses/Workshops, Education Centres, Irrigation, Urban Projects, Water Conservation

PDC with Geoff Lawton Held in Al Jawfa, Dead Sea Valley, Jordan, Oct 2012

July 16, 2012 By Salah Hammad 2 Comments

The new Jordan Valley Permaculture Project (left foreground) aka 'Greening the Desert - the Sequel', September 2011 Photo © Craig Mackintosh Do you think it's time to look at the world from a different perspective? Do you know what the problems facing humanity are but have no idea how and where and what to start with? Do you want to change your life to a more sustainable, self-sufficient and enjoyable experience? … [Read more...]

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Jordan Valley Permaculture Project Update: Post IPC Happenings

November 11, 2011 By Dan Lewin 3 Comments

An aerial view of the site Although the landscape here could be seen as a model for scarcity, what there is an abundance of is rocks. The baked dusty earth barely passes for soil and during the summer there isn’t rain here for over six months. With valuable agricultural resources seemingly at a minimum, rocks can be incredibly valuable in the design of a sustainable human settlement. In the case of the Permaculture Research Institute of Jordan’s site (PRIJ), rocks have formed the main building … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Project Update Tagged With: Aid Projects, Building, Community Projects, Demonstration Sites, Education Centres, Food Plants - Annual, Food Plants - Perennial, Irrigation, Land, Plant Systems, Regional Water Cycle, Soil Rehabilitation, Soil Salination, Storm Water, Swales, Terraces, Waste Systems & Recycling, Waste Water, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting

Letters from Jordan: ‘Greening the Desert – the Sequel’ Site Contrasts Against Jordan Insanities

November 8, 2011 By Craig Mackintosh 19 Comments

Staring into the eyes of the future of Jordan, one wonders how things could be.... All Photographs © Craig Mackintosh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYk21PLKGgg Al Jazeera's very recent feature of the new 'Greening the Desert' site Introduction Why did the photojournalist cross the road? It sounds like the beginning of a joke, and, in a way, it was. I was standing at a busy road in Amman, Jordan, contemplating crossing. I say 'contemplating' as there were three lanes in each … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Project Update Tagged With: Aid Projects, Community Projects, Consumerism, Deforestation, Demonstration Sites, Education Centres, Food Shortages, Global Warming/Climate Change, Plant Systems, Regional Water Cycle, Soil Conservation, Soil Erosion & Contamination, Soil Rehabilitation, Urban Projects, Water Conservation, Water Contaminaton & Loss, Water Harvesting

Letters from Jordan – IPC10 and the Permaculture Princess

September 17, 2011 By Craig Mackintosh 3 Comments

Princess Basma bint Ali of Jordan opens IPC10 Photographs © Craig Mackintosh The opening of the Tenth International Permaculture Conference (IPC10) already saw Permaculture getting the attention it deserves. Over 100 people from around the world were seated to 'break bread' at the conference's opening gala dinner on the evening of Friday September 16. Aside from permaculturists from every continent, the event also drew (by our own 'subversive' design) people of influence from within … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Project Update Tagged With: Amman, Bill Mollison, Community Projects, Conferences, courses, Courses/Workshops, International Permaculture Conference, IPC, Jordan, Permaculture, Social Gatherings, workshops

Jordan Valley Permaculture Project – August 2011 Photo Update

August 30, 2011 By Craig Mackintosh 16 Comments

Latifa inspects project development from a unique vantage point It's been just over a year since I've visited the Jordan Valley Permaculture Project (aka 'Greening the Desert - the Sequel') site, and I'm keen to check out progress when I visit next month (September 2011). In the meantime, Geoff, who is in Jordan now to help organise the upcoming Tenth International Permaculture Conference & Convergence (IPC10), has sent through a few pictures I can share today. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Project Update Tagged With: Aid Projects, Demonstration Sites, Education Centres, Irrigation, Land, Livestock, Plant Systems, Soil Rehabilitation, Urban Projects, Waste Systems & Recycling

Water Shortages Threaten Food Future in the Arab Middle East

May 4, 2011 By Earth Policy Institute Leave a Comment

by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Captured from a bus window, while crossing the no-man’s land between Jordan and Israel/Palestine, the once-mighty Jordan river is today just a murky trickle (see bottom centre of image) that wouldn’t flow at all today if it wasn’t for the pollution poured into it…. It is estimated that the Jordan River will dry up completely by the end of 2011. Photo © Craig Mackintosh Long after the political uprisings in the Middle East have subsided, many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Project Update Tagged With: Food Shortages, Irrigation, Potable Water, Water Contaminaton & Loss

Dispatch from the Jordan Valley Permaculture Project (aka ‘Greening the Desert – the Sequel’) – April 2011

May 4, 2011 By Dan Smith 11 Comments

The Jordan Valley Permaculture Project (aka 'Greening the Desert - the Sequel') Here at the Jordan Valley Permaculture Project in Jawasari, we’re hard at work building the main facilities and enhancing the fertility of the site while we’re at it. Those who had the chance to see the system last summer may have had some pangs of fear looking at some of the fruit trees, nearly prostrate beneath the intense yearly roasts the Jordan valley experiences in last months of summer -- last summer being … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Project Update Tagged With: Aid Projects, Community Projects, Demonstration Sites, Education Centres, Urban Projects

Update on the Jordan Valley Permaculture Project (aka ‘Greening the Desert, the Sequel’): “Leave All Expectations Behind”

February 19, 2011 By Christian Douglas 18 Comments

I felt fully prepared leaving for Jordan three weeks ago. Equipped with a 55ltr backpack laden with books, a compost thermometer, a dumpy level as hand luggage, and a few well-chosen words of advice from former patrons of the land: "Leave all expectations behind." Little did I know that amid my preparations and the excitement of the journey, I would also find myself pondering an entirely different kind of departure—how to extricate oneself from complex commitments, much like figuring out … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Project Update Tagged With: Aid Projects, Building, Community Projects, Compost, Courses/Workshops, Demonstration Sites, Education Centres, Food Forests, Food Plants - Annual, Food Plants - Perennial, Land, Plant Systems, Soil Conservation, Soil Rehabilitation, Swales, Terraces, Urban Projects, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting

Jordan Valley Permaculture Project – November 2010 Update

November 17, 2010 By Geoff Lawton 8 Comments

The Jordan Valley Permaculture Project (aka 'Greening the Desert - the Sequel') in Al Jawaseri in the Dead Sea Valley (lowest place on earth), continues to develop as we gradually fund the project into action with our own permaculture education programs, volunteers and funding from Muslim Aid Australia and Kids are Sweet of Wisconsin, USA. The male and female shower and compost toilet block is now reaching completion using a basic faralone design system (PDF, with others composting toilet … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Project Update Tagged With: Aid Projects, Biological Cleaning, Building, Community Projects, Demonstration Sites, Education Centres, Irrigation, Urban Projects, Waste Systems & Recycling, Water Conservation

Letters from the West Bank – Seeds of Hope Scattered from the West Bank’s First PDC

June 30, 2010 By Craig Mackintosh 22 Comments

Editor's caution: I trust our objective, peace-loving permaculture readers will resist the temptation to comment such, but just in case, please know that non-productive, antagonistic comments against any of the players involved in the Israeli/Palestinian Middle-East conflict will not be moderated through. Keep them civil, well-intentioned and constructive and you'll pass muster though. The view at sunset, westwards from Marda, Palestine All photographs © copyright Craig Mackintosh This is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Project Update Tagged With: Aid Projects, Alternatives to Political Systems, Community Projects, Demonstration Sites, Education Centres, People Systems, Society, Urban Projects, Village Development

Letters from Jordan – a PDC at the Bottom of the World

October 15, 2009 By Craig Mackintosh 2 Comments

Profuse apologies for being remiss on the posting front of late. I have more than a dozen posts queued in my head, but finding a minute to breathe and get 'em down onto the keyboard has proven difficult. A few people have been pressing me for Part III of the Sarvodaya series, but never fear, it'll come as soon as I can. In the meantime I have a little video mission in Jordan to fulfil. For now, here's a teeny glimpse at the latest: Geoff, Nadia and I are currently stationed a stone's throw … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Project Update Tagged With: Aid Projects, Courses/Workshops, Demonstration Sites, Developments, Education Centres, News

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